Fisher's exact test
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Fisher's exact test is a statistical significance test used in the analysis of contingency tables. Although in practice it is employed when sample sizes are small, it is valid for all sample sizes. Th
A teapot, a creamer and teacup full of tea with milk—can a taster tell if the milk went in first?
Lady tasting tea
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In the design of experiments in statistics, the lady tasting tea is a randomized experiment devised by Ronald Fisher and reported in his book The Design of Experiments. The experiment is the original
Fisher's exact test
…a comment from Muriel Bristol, who claimed to be able to detect whether the tea or the milk was added first to her cup. He tested her claim in the "lady tasting tea" experiment. The test is useful for categorical data that result from classifying objects in two different ways; it is used to examine the significance…
Ronald Fisher in 1913